The best $1,250 spent this year --…
The best $1,250 spent this year -- $1000 was for a month of help from Sam, our sleep consultant, and $250 was for the app. The consulting fee included 30 min slot meetings with Sam twice a week for a month, messages on the app directly with Sam where we gave her updates in the morning, pre-/post-naps, and how bedtime went, and email instructions every night. She would always give very helpful feedback and constructive criticism where needed, and tailored specifically to our situation. Just like everyone else considering Batelle, my son has always been an awful sleeper his whole entire existence. It only got worst after he turned 1, and it went from 50% sleeping through the night to practically 0% for half a year straight with wakeups sometimes lasting up to 2 hours. So when he turned 1.5, we were desperate and needed to find a solution. We've done some form of sleep training several times, but it just didn't really stick whenever he got sick or went through a regression. I was also not a huge fan of CIO methods. Also tried cosleeping but he would still cry a few times a night by my side. My son is now a pro-sleeper. He knows the drill at bedtime and knows that wake up time is at 6:30am when the birdies chirp (from the Hatch machine). Before the birdies chirp, he just rolls around in his crib and entertains himself with his stuffies or with his babbling. If he wakes up in the middle of the night, 99% of the time, it just takes a quick mantra for him to go back to sleep. We even tested Batelle with some traveling/regression. We stuck with what we learned from Sam, and we got back on track relatively quick. I would highly recommend this program. It does require you to put in the work to read through the materials, stick to the program, and be consistent. The first two weeks were really tough (constant wakeups, a million mantras, a lot of crying but with us sitting right by him), but he started to understand what was expected of him around weeks 3 and 4. The outcome was 100% worth it for us. (My sister also used Batelle a few years ago and had success. Her daughter was 14 months old when they pulled the trigger.) Thank you, Sam! From a mom without undereye bags anymore :)